LARYNGEAL PALSY SECONDARY TO A NON-INFECTIVE CHEST PATHOLOGY

Bhagyashree A. Sagane; Haritosh K. Velankar; Apoorva Salguti; Cassandra A. Carvalho; Yogesh G. Dabholkar

Volume : VII, Issue : X, October - 2018

LARYNGEAL PALSY SECONDARY TO A NON-INFECTIVE CHEST PATHOLOGY

Bhagyashree A. Sagane, Haritosh K. Velankar, Apoorva Salguti, Cassandra A. Carvalho, Yogesh G. Dabholkar

Abstract :

As Otorhinolaryngologists it is relatively common to encounter patients with hoarseness of voice on a daily outpatient basis. Many a times it is secondary to vocal cord palsy. The Recurrent Laryngeal and Superior Laryngeal nerves are a crucial element in phonation. Damage to either of them or both is one of the common causes for this presentation. Very frequently, patients we see on the outpatient basis with this complaint go uninvestigated and undiagnosedwith a secondary cause. A missed or delayed diagnosis may lead to an erroneous treatment plan.